These are just a few buzzwords to describe the Dark Academia aesthetic that has taken on a life of its own since its inception in 2015-era Tumblr. You might also associate the social media-viral ...

The search term “dark academia aesthetic” peaked on Google as one year turned to the next, gaining traction on platforms such as TikTok, Instagram, and Tumblr. Videos informing viewers how to ...

If your favorite character was always the fumbling academic in a fantasy or mystery movie, you need to start rocking the dark academic aesthetic. This slightly preppy collegiate yet mysterious ...

Throw this gorgeous wool coat on top of anything and it'll look so incredible. Of course, if you're going for a dark academia look, wearing it over an all-black ensemble with chunky loafers is a must.

For some of us, it's wide-leg pants. For others, it's the Dark Academia aesthetic which is becoming even more popularized thanks to Jenna Ortega's Wednesday Addams, from the new Netflix show ...

Ana Quiring argued in the LA Review of Books earlier this year that an aesthetic like dark academia “de-exceptionalizes elite scholastic environments as much as it romanticizes them,” arguing ...

“But this aesthetic taps into the medieval period with its dark, gothic, and brooding visual language," Mia Jacobs, a youth fashion strategist at WGSN, a consumer trend forecasting ...